ETH Zurich - A Pioneer in Digital Sustainability
| By hannes @ 23:21 | [ Academia ] |
[ via Wilhelm Tux ]
As the ETH is celebrating its 150 years of existence, they are actively collecting visions -essays- for the next century.
One of the winners of their essay competition is Markus Dapp with his contribution "ETH Zurich -A Pioneer in Digital Sustainability!", a fictional keynote by the ETH president in the year 2030.
In its 5 pages the essay tells the future history of a successful Free Software Movement, of thriving Creative Commons and ETH's (fictional) active role in promoting and creating open knowledge accessible to all. Being rather short, the essay/speech doesn't go to the ground of all issues discussed, but it's a great political pamphlet in the cause of sustainability in a knowledge society. The closing remark about the UN as a globals government wouldn't have been necessary, though. :)
All winning essays will be published in a book and are available online - under a CreativeCommons "by sa" license.
As the ETH is celebrating its 150 years of existence, they are actively collecting visions -essays- for the next century.
One of the winners of their essay competition is Markus Dapp with his contribution "ETH Zurich -A Pioneer in Digital Sustainability!", a fictional keynote by the ETH president in the year 2030.
In its 5 pages the essay tells the future history of a successful Free Software Movement, of thriving Creative Commons and ETH's (fictional) active role in promoting and creating open knowledge accessible to all. Being rather short, the essay/speech doesn't go to the ground of all issues discussed, but it's a great political pamphlet in the cause of sustainability in a knowledge society. The closing remark about the UN as a globals government wouldn't have been necessary, though. :)
All winning essays will be published in a book and are available online - under a CreativeCommons "by sa" license.
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